Đề luyện thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh lớp 8 số 50

Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet..

ĐÊ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI

MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 04 trang)

A PHONETICS

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

1 A switch B stomach C match D catch

2 A laughs B cars C stops D works

3 A watched B reduced C coughed D raised

4 A three B through C without D thank

5 A angle B face C page D angel

II Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently from the others in each group Identify your answer

by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

1 A collect B advise C practise D prepare

2 A improvement B resident C department D environment

3 A university B documental C historic D electricity

4 A graduation B agricultural C industrial D recommend

5 A intelligent B difficult C interesting D hospital

B LEXICAL - GRAMMAR

I Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentence Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

1 Faraday attended a lecture _ by a famous scientist

2 We couldn’t help _ when he told us what had happened

A laugh B to laugh C to be laughing D laughing

3 “ _ bad weather we are having this summer!” said the woman

4 I understand most of this, _ there are still one or two points I would like you to clear up for me

5 Could you buy me a copy of the newspaper _ your way to work?

6 The car was easy to recognize so it wasn’t _ difficult for the police to catch the thieves

7 I was so tired that I _ asleep in the chair

8 This is Mr White _ invention has helped hundreds of disabled people

9 I need some help with the table _ you lift the other end, please?

A May B Should C Could D Shall

10 She used to _ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels

A earn B to earn C earning D

earns

II Each sentence below has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, D Circle one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

1 People think computers never do any mistakes, but in fact, they do

III Supply the correct form of the words in brackets Write your answer on your answer sheet

1 She had never been greatly concerned about her _ (APPEAR)

2 The _ of people interviewed prefer TV to radio (MAJOR)

3 I’m afraid I was very _ with the travel arrangements (satisfy)

4 Even the most _ person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music (sense)

5 If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very _girl (imagine)

C READING

I Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C and D) to complete the numbered blanks in the passage Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C

or D on your answer sheet.

Christmas is a Christian holiday It commemorates the (1) of Jesus Christ more than 2,000years ago Christian churches hold _(2) services to celebrate Christmas (3) midnight onChristmas (4), most churches hold special candlelight services But Christmas is also a socialand family (5) It is a festival of goodwill, a time (6) family, friends, food, andgift-giving Many Americans share Christmas cookies, decorate their home, and place presents (7) the family Christmas tree Children often hang up stockings for Santa Claus to fill _(8) small gifts (9) tradition, Santa comes on a sleigh pulled by reindeer Presents are (10) opened on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day

2 A Religious B religion C region D regional

4 A Morning B afternoon C evening D Eve

8 A With B in C of D on

9 A Despite B Because of C According to D But

II Fill in the blank of the following passage with ONE suitable word Write your answer on your answer sheet.

There is much more water than land (1) the surface of the earth The sea and oceans(2) nearly four-fifths of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3) land If you traveled overthe earth (4) different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time (5) onwater than on roads or railways We sometimes forget that (6) every mile of land there is four miles

of water

There is much water on the surface of our earth that we (7) to use two words to describe We usethe word seas to (8) those parts of water surface which (9) only a few hundreds of miles wide,the word oceans to describe the huge areas of water which are thousands of miles wide (10) verydeep

III Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water.Having clean drinking water is basic human right But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have mademany sources of water undrinkable Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison.Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world It contains a rich variety of animals and plants,including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world But they are being destroyed by themassive volumes of industrial effluent which pours into the lake everyday Even where law existed, thegovernment did not have the power to enforce them Most industries simply ignore the regulations TheMediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world’s water surface But it is the dumping ground for 50% of allmarine pollution Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore

Water is free to everyone A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the worldwas limitless Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage Clean water is nowscarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source We should do something now

1 According to the writer, one environmental problem in the world today is

A acid rain B industrial pollution

C safe water shortage D population explosion

2 Many sources of water are not drinkable because of _

A acid rain B industrial pollution

C garbage D all A, B, C, are correct

3 What is serious problem of Lake Baikal in Russia?

A It contains a rich variety of animals and plants

B It is polluted by massive volumes of industrial wastes discharged into it

C It has 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world

D The government did not have the power to enforce laws and regulations

4 How many countries throw industrial waste into the Mediterranean Sea regularly?

C exactly 15 D less than 15

5 What is the message to the reader?

A We should take action to protect our water resources

B We should take all water resources into account

C We should limit the use of water resources

D We should encourage people to use safe water

D WRITING

I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence

printed before it Write your answer on your answer sheet

1 If I were you, I’d look for another job I suggest 2 The garage is servicing my car on Monday I am 3 Jack’s parents made him study for his exams Jack was 4 They believe he is mad He _ 5 I tried as hard as I could, but I just couldn’t get the money No matter _ II Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the given word. 1 Could you possibly help me with this box? mind Would ………

2 “Who ate the cake?” she asked had She wanted ……… …

3 What sort of weather did you have on holiday? like What ……….……

4 I am not good at skiing, but I’d like to learn not I do………

5 The exam wasn’t as hard as I expected than

The exam………

III Write a letter to your friend telling her about your last summer vacation (within 100 – 150 words) Beginning with: Dear Lan, ………

………

………

………

………

……… Love,

Nga

The end!

Kỳ thi Phát hiện học sinh năng khiếu THCS cấp huyện

Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8

(Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)

Questions

I Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.(1m)

3 A sure B mixture C injure D pleasure

4 A few B new C threw D knew

5 A clothes B matches C colleges D churches

6 A watched B naked C liked D looked

7 A sunbathe B father C theater D weather

II Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the sentences( 1m)

1 While I (watch) 1……… a good film on TV, the mailman

(come) 2……… ……… and (give) 3……… … me a letter

2 I ( know) 4……… her for six years, when I met her, she

(work) 5……… for a foreign company

3 Please stop laughing I hate (laugh) 6……… .…… … …at by others

4 It ( not rain) 7………much in the winter

5 They’d rather you ( not come)……… to the party too late

6 You always (watch) 9……… … television You should do

something more active

7 This building ( build) 10……… ……… ……over 100 years ago

III Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (1,5ms )

1 Helen is my aunt’s daughter so she is my……….…………

a sister b cousin c niece d friend

2 His……… always makes people laugh

a quiet character b sense of humor c smiles d humorous

3 The window ……… last night has been repaired

a break b breaked c broken d breaking

4 This is a contest in which people have to arrange flowers so it’s a……… contest

a flower- arranging b flowers- arranging c arranging- flower d flower- arrange

5 Children who don’t have parents often live in a(n)……….…………

a hotel b house c orphanage d hostel

6 It took him ages to ……… living in the new town

a get use to b be used to c will used to d will use to

7 My parents make me……… for my exam

a to study b study c studying d studied

8 I would rather you ……….me the story

9 “ War and Peace” ……… the longest book I have ever read

a are b was c were d is

10 As she was running, suddenly she stumbled ……….a rock and fell…………

a at/ off b in/ out c over/ down d of/ down

11 That’s a ……… building

a five- floor b five- floors c five- floor’s d five- floors’

12 She helped me ……… the house

a to clean b cleaning c clean d both a and c

13 ……….is a book in which you can look up telephone number

a Mobile phone b Public telephone c Telephone directory d Answering machine

14 ………is a large piece of furniture where you can hang your clothes

a Wardrobe b Refrigerator c Desk d Counter

15 Jane really enjoys to dinner parties

a inviting b being inviting c being invited d be invited

IV Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English.( 1m)

1 When he came, I watched a football match on TV

V Give the correct form of the words in parentheses ( 1m)

1 Life is more ……… ………… ………… now (comfort)

2 There are many cultural……… … between his country and mine (differ)

3 It is ……… ……… to eat much sugar and fat (health)

4 These medicines can work well with your ……….……… (ill)

5 There was no ……… for his absence from class yesterday (explain)

6 Is he sleeping ? - No, he is still……… (wake)

7 Every week, there are two………from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city (fly)

8 They had an ……… Christmas vacation (enjoy)

9 He is a well- known ……… (photograph)

10 The ……… …… she gave last night was marvelous (perform)

VI Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (2ms)

1 They have planted a lot of green trees this year

A lot of green trees………

2 '' I don't behave very well in front of a crowd, '' said Peter

Peter said that…… ………

3 The town was farther than we thought

The town wasn’t as………

4 We spend five hours studying English everyday

It………

5 “You had better not eat much sugar.”

She advised me………

6 “ Can you wait for me outside the movie theatre ?”

He asked his friend………

7 “ Don’t be silly.” He said to the boy

He ……… ………

8 We can’t drink the water because it’s too hot

The water isn’t………

9 It has been raining for five hours

VIII Read the passages

A Fill in each blank with a suitable word ( 1ms)

How Nam has improved his English.

In the first year of lower secondary 1………., I had some difficulties in learningEnglish My English pronunciation 2……… really bad and my English grammar was worse

I did not 3……… how to improve them I didn’t want my father 4………mother to know about this One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher 5……… English told me to wait 6……… her outside the classroom She took7……… to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glassbookcase She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to 8……… myEnglish grammar “Now I think you know what you should do” she said I made much progress and onlyone year later, I won the first 9……… in the English Speaking Contest 10………forsecondary school students in my hometown

1……… 2……….3……….4………5………

6……… 7……….8……….9……….10………

B Read the passage and choose the best answers A, B, C or D ( 0.5 ms)

1 What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?

A The pronunciation

B The grammar

C Both pronunciation and grammar

D The way of improving his pronunciation

2 Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?

A His teacher

B One of his friends

C His father

D His mother

3 Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?

A to the town library

B to the school library

C to the teachers’ room

D to his house

4 What did the teacher show him then?

A A glass bookcase

B An English-English dictionary

C An English Grammar book

D Cassettes of pronunciation drills

5 What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?

A The first prize

B The second prize

C The third prize

D The fourth prize

II ( 1ms ) Mỗi động từ đúng đợc 0,1 điểm

1.was watching 2 came 3 gave 4 have known 5 was working 6 beinglaughed 7 doesn’t rain 8 didn’t come 9 are always watching 10 was built

III.( 1,5ms ) Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,1 điểm

V ( 1m) Mỗi từ đúng đợc 0,1 điểm

1 comfortable 2 differences 3 unhealthy 4 illness 5 explanation

6 awake 7 flights 8 enjoyable 9 photographer 10 perfomance

VI (2ms ) Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,2 điểm

1 A lot of green trees have been planted this year

2 Peter said that he didn’t behave very well in front of a crowd

3 The town wasn’t as near as we thought

4 It takes us five hours to study English everyday

5 She advised me not to eat much sugar

6 He asked his friend to wait for him outside the movie theater

7 He told the boy not to be silly

8 The water isn’t cold enough for us to drink

9 It started raining five hours ago

10 It is a good activity to help mom at home

VII (1m ) Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,2 điểm

1 Thank you very much for the flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital

2 They were very beautiful and they really helped to cheer me up

3 I came out of the hospital last Thursday morning

4 Will you come over to my place on the/ at weekend because I am very bored now?

5 I am looking/ look forward to seeing you soon

VIII A (1m ) Mỗi từ đúng đợc 0,2 điểm

6.for 7 me 8 improve 9 prize 10 held

B (0,5ms) Mỗi câu đúng đợc 0,2 điểm

others

1- a sun b fun c pull d hunt

2- a tie b sit c bit d hit

3- a cave b have c slave d behave

4- a bull b pull c dull d full

5- a do b go c so d no

6- a hotel b photo c move d pagoda

7- a needed b visited c played d planted

8- a my b curly c library d lucky

II- Choose A,B,Cor D to complete the following sentences

1- My brother is studying hard pass the exam

A for B in order to C so to D so that

2- We have studied seven o'clock

3- He was born in England English is his

C foreign language D A and B are correct

4- It's dangerous in this river

5- to America yet ?

A Were you B Have you ever been C.Were you been D Are you

6- The boy was by the dog

A bite B bit C bited D bitten

7- My father used me to school

8- Would you mind for a few minutes?

A to wait B waiting C wait D be waiting

III- Complete the sentences, use the correct form of the words in the brackets

1- Would you mind if I (smoke) ?

2- Surface mail is much (cheap) than airmail

3- He (live) in this city since 2000

4- The man (sit) next to me was very nervous

5- The children (play) when It started to rain

6- We(learn) French grammar at the moment

7- Could you give me some (inform) ?

8-Mr Hung told me (tell) him the truth

9- My father can read (good) without glasses

10- Nam must (do) the homework himself

IV-Underline and correct the mistake in the sentences

1- They didn't let me to go

V- Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition

1- I am interested reading books

2- She is tired living in the city

3- This restaurant is famous Chinese food

4- The ambulance will be there a bout 5 minutes

5- Bobby started school the age of five

6- I am very keen music

7- Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go

8- I’m looking forward seeing in June

9- Could I help you your bag?

10- They are traveling to the airport a bus

VI- Complete the passage with the suitable words.

Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _ how to fly or play the piano There (2) important differences, but there is a very important similarity It is this: learning how to dosuch things needs lots (3) _ practice It is never simply to “know” something You must be able

to “do” things with what (4) _ know For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) _ to fly an aeroplane A (6) _ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but

if only read a book and then try to (7) without a great deal of practice first, you will crash andkill (8) The same is true of (9) the piano So you think it is enough simply toread about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) first?

VII- Read the following passage and choose the item A,B,C or D that best answer each question about it.

Nick Johnson lives with his parents, and his sister They live in Wembley, in north London Nick’s mum

is called Sue She works in a supermarket His dad is called Jim and he works in a bank Nick’s sister iscalled Tracy She is nine years old There is also a dog in the family His name’s Fred

1. How many people are there in Nick Johnson’s family?

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5

2. Where does Nick’ family live?

A America B England C Scotland D Australia

3. Which does the word “his” in line 4 refer to?

A Nick’s mother B Nick’s sister C Nisk’s cousin D Nick’s dog

4. What’s Nick’s sister’s name?

A Sue B Jim C Tracy D Fred

5. Who is Jim?

A Nick’s father B Nick’s mother C Nick’s cousin D Nick’s sister

6. Which of the following is not TRUE?

A Nick’s family live in London B Nick’s father works in a bank

C Nick’s mother works in a supermarket D Nick’s sister is five years old

VIII- Rewite the following sentences so that the seconds have the same meanings as the first ones.

1- The last time I saw her was in 2005